Young Justice League

People keep asking me about “Young Justice League,” a new animated series that Bleeding Cool News caught wind of that’s apparently evocative of “Young Justice.”

You know as much as I know about it. Some of you may know more. No, I’m not scheduled to write for it, no, I haven’t been approached, yes, if they did, I’d leap at it ’cause I loved working with those characters.

End of statement.

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A Cause Worth Noting

From their website:

Heroes 4 Haiti is a grassroots movement of artists seeking to raise money for organizations helping victims of the recent Haitian earthquake. Heroes 4 Haiti is not an organization, it’s a collective response to human tragedy. We’re asking everyone to donate a little bit of their talent, money or time towards helping those in need.

Find out more here.

Breaking into Comics

digresssmlOriginally published July 31, 1992, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #976

The most common question I get at conventions, the most frequent type of letter written to me at Marvel or c/o this column, features a variation on the following.  (The exact wording is taken from the letter of one young man in Mansfield, Ohio. I’m not running his name because the letter wasn’t to the column, and I don’t want to violate confidentiality.  But it was one of the better written letters I’ve received on the subject.)  And it says: